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- [intransitive, transitive]
(of a bird or an animal 鸟或兽 to lose feathers or hair before new feathers or hair grow 换羽；蜕毛 The adult birds were already molting. 成年鸟已经蜕皮了。 - molt something
The female hornbill molts her beautiful feathers. 雌犀鸟蜕化了她美丽的羽毛。
- [intransitive] (of feathers or hair)
to fall out before new feathers or hair grow 换羽；蜕毛 The last of his juvenile plumage had molted. 他的最后一个幼体羽毛蜕变了。